In a recent identity and authentication conference, Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director of the FIDO Alliance, declared 2023 as the “year of the passkey,” citing 8 billion user accounts with passkey access. Shikiar also emphasized the importance of passkeys in enhancing security, streamlining customer experiences, and gradually eliminating the reliance on traditional passwords, while acknowledging ongoing challenges and gaps in support across different industries and platforms.


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Spark, CBC Radio: Forget the password. No, really! They’re about to become obsolete

FIDO Executive Director Brett McDowell tells radio host Nora Young how WebAuthn is bringing simpler,…

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The Canadian Press: Death of the password? New web standard trades passcodes for biometrics

The Canadian Press reports that experts are “excited about the prospect of making logins “unphishable””…

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The Guardian: RIP passwords: new web standard designed to replace login method

In this article, The Guardian’s Samuel Gibbs reports that “WebAuthn will eliminate need for passwords…

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